24 September 2021
New reactor could turn Mars' atmosphere into rocket fuel
... a new technique that could suck carbon dioxide out of Mars’ atmosphere so that it could be used as rocket fuel to get astronauts... rocket," he says. Mars might have a thin, tenuous atmosphere compared with Earth’s, but the wispy skies it does have ...
29 April 2018
Atmospheric Evolution on Inhabited and Lifeless Worlds
... curricula and the subject of many books. This volume concentrates on the structure, constituents and evolution of planetary atmospheres, which are clearly crucial to the potential for life on those worlds. As the authors say, to fully understand...
25 January 2016
Permanent N2 icecap at Pluto’s north pole may be responsible for an expanding atmosphere
...help researchers to make predictions about aspects of Pluto’s atmosphere. For example, previous studies of a flash event ...shape and amplitude are compatible with a spherical and transparent atmospheric layer of roughly 3 km in thickness, whose base...
29 July 2016
New Study Shows Great Red Spot Cause of Heated Atmosphere
... our planet Earth, the average temperatures in its upper atmosphere are comparable to those on Earth, which has been ... Red Spot is a terrific source of energy to heat the upper atmosphere at Jupiter, but we had no prior evidence of its actual effects...
11 May 2020
Spacecraft and telescopes join forces to probe deep into Jupiter's atmosphere
...Juno's microwave radiometer probes deep into the planet's atmosphere by detecting high-frequency radio waves that can penetrate ... the dynamics and three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere. With Hubble and Gemini observing Jupiter more frequently...
02 December 2014
MAVEN studies Martian atmosphere
...EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission commenced its study of the Martian atmosphere. It is seeking answers as to why Mars has lost its atmosphere and water vapour, focusing on the Martian upper atmosphere. Its elliptical orbiter sequence occurs. Within a 50-year...
